Synodality against episcopacy?

Apr 14, 2025 16:31

ZENIT Staff

PHOTO.VA - OSSERVATORE ROMANO

Local Church

Rupnik Case: Fatima Shrine Will Not Remove His Mosaic

A press release reads: «We are not considering removing it. However, since we became aware of the accusations against Father Rupnik, we have suspended the use of the image, the entire work, and its details in our dissemination of materials.»

Apr 13, 2025 06:35

Rafael Llanes

Dicasteries

A Guardian of Vatican Heritage: Elvira Cajano Appointed to Lead Vatican Monuments Commission

More than an administrative role, the presidency of the Commission represents a stewardship of memory and meaning. Cajano succeeds Francesco Buranelli, a former director of the Vatican Museums and a leading figure in art conservation

Apr 12, 2025 17:20

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican concludes lighting, restoration and security works in basilica and necropolis

While much of the work focused on beauty and memory, the Fabbrica di San Pietro also addressed the increasing urgency of safety. With as many as 12 million annual visitors—and numbers expected to swell during the Jubilee—the Vatican has implemented an advanced evacuation plan developed in collaboration with Italy’s national fire department

Apr 11, 2025 18:53

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Psychology and Its Influence on Religion

Do we use our relationship with our earthly father to excuse our poor relationship with God? How do legitimate psychological factors impact our practice of our faith?

Apr 11, 2025 11:11

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Justice and Peace

Death penalty: highest number in the Middle East since 2015

Darío Salvi (ZENIT News – Asia News / Milan, 04.11.2025).- Amnesty International today released its annual global report on the death penalty, noting that Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are responsible for 91 per cent of all known executions carried out worldwide in 2024, […]

Apr 11, 2025 11:09

ZENIT Staff

Ceasefire on the Brink: Pope Leo XIV, Global Powers and the Moral Battle Over War in the Middle East

What distinguishes the present moment is not only the danger of renewed escalation, but the convergence of multiple crises: military, economic, diplomatic and moral

Holiness and the Evangelical Counsels Explained in Light of the Second Vatican Council by Pope Leo XIV

The Pope’s General Audience, April 8, 2026, on holiness and the evangelical counsels

Synodality against episcopacy?

The story of the Irish priest who forgave the young Muslim man who stabbed him

Italian judiciary rules on accusation of Catholic archbishop in blasphemy case

France Sees Historic Surge in Adult Baptisms. Young People Lead Spiritual Revival

10 million Christian and Catholic migrants at risk of deportation by Trump administration

Patriarch of Constantinople wins 1.1 million pound Templeton Prize

Is the Pope Well Again? Five Appearances in One Week and His Doctor’s Opinion: «Let Him Observe the Convalescence»

Rupnik Case: Fatima Shrine Will Not Remove His Mosaic

A Guardian of Vatican Heritage: Elvira Cajano Appointed to Lead Vatican Monuments Commission

Vatican concludes lighting, restoration and security works in basilica and necropolis

Psychology and Its Influence on Religion

Death penalty: highest number in the Middle East since 2015